For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUSINESS OF STREET VENDING. Selling or offering for sale at retail any goods, wares, merchandise, fruits, vegetables, foodstuffs, or services or solicitation of donations from door to door, or from or upon the streets and public places, on foot or with a pushcart or non-motorized vehicle, either by sample or taking orders, for delivery then or in the future. It shall include those who travel about the city, during the conduct of business mentioned above, on foot or with a pushcart or non-motorized vehicle and those who sell from temporary stands in or on the public streets.
FARMERS' MARKET. Daily, weekly or seasonal stalls allowed in public curb or public areas to allow local farmers or growers to sell on retail directly to consumers, fruits, vegetables, flowers, and any other farm/home-made products.
MOBILE FOOD VENDING. Vending, serving, or offering for sale food and/or beverages from a mobile food vending unit which meets the definition of a "food service establishment" under Public Act 92 of 2000, and which may include the ancillary sales of branded items consistent with the food or vendor, such as a tee shirt that bears the name of the company, restaurant or organization engaged in mobile food vending.
MOBILE FOOD VENDING UNIT. A self-contained, motorized vehicle, identified generically as a "mobile food vending unit," which is used for the preparation and distribution or sale of food.
OPERATE. All activities associated with the conduct of business, including set up and take down and/or actual hours where the mobile food vending unit is open for business.
VENDOR. Any individual, company, for profit or not for profit, engaged in the business of street vending or mobile food vending; if more than one individual is operating a single stand, cart or other means of conveyance, then VENDOR shall mean all individuals operating such single stand, cart or other means of conveyance.
(Ord. 17-01, passed 6-19-2017; Ord. 2022-02, passed 7-25-2022)